c. 1500 BCE
6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Alabaster
EgyptianTerracotta
5th-4th century BCEGreekSilver
19th centuryAmericanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
GreekFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryStoneware
20th centurySwedish